Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
TWO MORE SUGGESTIONS.
A Citizen Of Texas on the Imm gTssiol
OucftioD,

a Citizen Of Texas on the linn gTasion
Qucftiop,
Neutrality will perhaps do in some
cases, but when it comes to man, cor
poration or state taking care OF and pro-
tecting his, their or its interest as sgainst
competition, it is very 'lame duck" 1t
will not work, gentlemen. The people
business and working for their state
they do not spend half Or two-thirds %
their time in working or caring for KAN
sss, California, Colorado, ETC.; with them
it is Texas straight.
We are told by the Houston Post that
the different roads OF Texas have in the
field working for Texas, from five to
twenty agents each. This looks very nice
on paper, but it will not hold water.
Give US light, gentlemen; both sides Of
the question, if you please. For in
stance, We will say one Of the lines
named by the Post in its issue of Deem
Der 8, 1887, has ten agents in the field
working for Texas. That looks very
we'll, and no doubt many think that those
agents are working Texas straight.
The people of Texas are now, end
have been, giving ell their business to the
Texas roads, and working for the interests
of their state generally, and that only.
Now let us see how much time the ten
SCENTS referred to spend in working for
Texas. It,is, think, perfectly safe to
say tina. out of the ten there is not the
work and time Of one man given exclus-
lively to Texas. Those gentlemen are
working like all others, going with the
tide, and devoting their time and atten-
ton to meeting the opposition of other
states and sections. TO be plain and
fully understood, should any of the
gentlemen referred to, hear Of party
going to California, Kansas or
Colorado they will go to them
and talk Kansas or Colorado which
ever 1t may be, and it is chance
if Texas is ever mentioned any more
than, perhaps, that if going to California
you pass through it. But with our pres
ent reputation, that is not much of an at
traction, and it is doubtful iii is talked
much. Now, gentlemen, what is or should
be considered working for Texas straight,
is this CT you are properly informed) {:
Should Texas agent learn OF party OF
people, tourists, land or home seekers, or
investment hunters, going to any other
section than that OF Texas, he
should and would if he vas working
Texas straight, G and see or send SUB
agent to those psople"and present Texas
to them as it should be, and if necessary
offer some inducement to have them, af
least, come and see Texas. This y the
kind of work that was done for Texas bes
fore competition was ispensed with, and
that was about five years ago. Thi1ds
especially the case with lines leading3fo
st. Louis. However, about tw0Syears
ago there was an extra effQzkSnade ~
quarantine people and capital from
coming to Texas. This, perhaps,
was not the way the order read, and it
certainly did not read that way to the
people of Texas, or they would haze
kicked out Of the harness. We will De
liberal and say that perh,ps it was not
intended or expected that said order we
call it an order-perhaps it should
called circular) would in any way affeG
Texas. II did, however, ana very sef1-
ously, too. 1t is the results that count,
and not the details. There were at that
time some little protests entered by the
press OF Texas against this Quarantine
ordern being enforced, put the mild pro-
test soon died out. The people or press
did not see or know the importance. 81
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